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Allexperts,
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Is this Cephalotus follicularis dead ,or it pitchers turning black? I have an attached a photo of the plant. I have also put together growing information for you this way is a bit easier. If is still alive is there any way I could repot the plant? Its being over whelmed by moss.
Water: Distilled
Sunlight: CFL on a 14 hour timer.
Pot: Plastic pot
Container: I believe African violet pot ( the one that was suggest in volume 3#)
Where I got the plant: from Sarracenia Northwest.
Let me if you need more information
Sincerely,
Weylin
Hi Weylin,
It doesn't look like the plant dying, but you may have some older pitchers dying off. Other parts of the plant look green. (As far as I can tell; the image is pretty blurry.) You might monitor your temperatures some an try to make sure it's below 80.
You can repot it if you wish. Just be very gentle with it, and leave a little old soil around the roots. If you repot, you can put it into an actual African violet pot.
This is actually not an African Violet pot. African violet pots are made of ceramic and have two pieces. the outer piece looks like a normal glazed ceramic pot, the inner piece in an insert where the bottome is unglazed ceramic made to be porous. The outer pot is a water reservoir. The inner one sits in the water and slowly absorbs water, but doesn't water-log the soil. http://www.theperfectvioletpot.com/
Good Growing!
Jeff Dallas
Sarracenia Northwest
http://www.cobraplant.com
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